Scope and Contents File contains a large selection of Deeds and indentures for land transacted between Amos Story and others in the Town of Cairo between 1811 and 1851. Also included is a mortgage from Mary Ann Story, Israel Story and others to Newman F. Hill of Kingston for lands formerly owned by Amos Story. A full inventory of this file is necessary.

Scope and Contents File contains a copy of the Last Will and Testament of Carrie E. Tolley of Cairo. The will names her heirs and gives detailed lists of belonings each is to inherit on her death.

Scope and Contents File contains a letter of Arnold Chapman, Deputy State Engineer, to Herbert Bogardus, Supervisor of the Town of Cairo, forwarding a detailed description of the surveyed boundaries of the Town of Cairo.

Scope and Contents File contains the Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Tryon.

Scope and Contents File contains a single letter of Pricilla Weeks at Cairo to her sister Angeline Pine at Katerskill [Cauterskill] regarding updates in their personal lives. Priscilla mentions having attended a Camp Meeting, muses on mortality and her faith, and names some mutual acquaintances.

Scope and Contents File contains a selection of Last Wills and Testaments for residents of the Town of Cairo.

Scope and Contents File contains paperwork concerning the mortgage payments made on the Canal Boat "Dema and Willie" sold by Abram Masters of Ithaca, NY to Hugh Rust of the State of New Jersey.

Scope and Contents File contains a court decision concerning a dispute over the estate of John Carpenter, deceased, among his heirs.

Scope and Contents File contains two documents, the first being a decision in the Court of Common Pleas concerning a dispute between Charles Abeel and Farrel Reilley, an insolvent debtor. The court case also establishes many of the facts of Farrell Reilley's life up to that time. The other document is a note certifying payment of C. A. Philips following the dissolution of a firm formed with Charles Abeel.

Scope and Contents File contains a selection of papers of the Abeel Family of Catskill, including the 1811 Will of David Abeel. Within the file are several indentures for land and a map showing subdivided parcels in one division of the Lindsey Patent. This particular map also shows the original boundaries of the Village Cemetery in Catskill as first laid out below Botsford Road [now Thompson Street]. Other documents within the file are inventoried.